Titles read: "NOW OUR SPECIAL SECTION for the Ladies - Feminine pictorialities (No. 3) - Woollies."
Location of events unknown - probably United States of America.
Various shots show a new method of making a woven blanket that is neither knitting or crochet. A woman is seen demonstrating how to use a long needle that looks like a crochet hook; further extensions can be added to make larger blankets, which can apparently be made in a matter of hours.
The woman shows us a finished rug then models a jumper made in the same way. C/U of a pair of knitted slippers that "just invite cold feet to occupy them".
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
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